Q04.3

Other reduction deformities of brain

Billable / specificHCC V28 182POA exempt

Q04.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Absence of part of brain
  • Agenesis of part of brain
  • Agyria
  • Aplasia of part of brain
  • Hydranencephaly
  • Hypoplasia of part of brain
  • Lissencephaly
  • Microgyria
  • Pachygyria

Includes (from Q04)

  • Note: Codes from this chapter are not for use on maternal records

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • congenital malformations of corpus callosum (Q04.0)
  • cyclopia (Q87.0) (from Q04)
  • macrocephaly (Q75.3) (from Q04)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • inborn errors of metabolism (E70-E88) (from Q04)

Also known as

  • Absence of part of brain
  • Agenesis of part of brain
  • Agyria
  • Aplasia of part of brain
  • Hydranencephaly
  • Hypoplasia of part of brain
  • Lissencephaly
  • Microgyria
  • Pachygyria
  • Absence, brain, part of
  • Absence, cerebellum
  • Agenesis, brain, part of
  • Agenesis, cerebellum
  • Agenesis, vermis of cerebellum
  • Aplasia, brain, part of
  • Aplasia, cerebellum
  • Deformity, brain, reduction
  • Deformity, reduction, congenital, brain
  • Hydrancephaly, hydranencephaly
  • Hypoplasia, hypoplastic, brain, gyri
  • Hypoplasia, hypoplastic, brain, part of
  • Hypoplasia, hypoplastic, cerebellum
  • Lissencephalia, lissencephaly

Parent code

  • Q04Other congenital malformations of brainHeader

Related codes

  • Q04.0Congenital malformations of corpus callosumBillable
  • Q04.1ArhinencephalyBillable
  • Q04.2HoloprosencephalyBillable
  • Q04.4Septo-optic dysplasia of brainBillable
  • Q04.5MegalencephalyBillable
  • Q04.6Congenital cerebral cystsBillable
  • Q04.8Other specified congenital malformations of brainBillable
  • Q04.9Congenital malformation of brain, unspecifiedBillable

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